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Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada publications, 1997-2004

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada (JCC) publications file contains annual reports, event invitations and programs, and other publications created by the JCC from 1997 to 2004.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00790
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: Box SH-035

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Meera Kamegai Temple Beth Am records, 2003-2014

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File

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Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00790
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Paul and Sari Aizley publications, 1977-2000

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File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Video of Jewish University inaugural event "Kosher Nostra, A Conversation with Mayor Oscar Goodman", January 7, 2016

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File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00790
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Stearns, Sam

Sam Stearns was an owner-operator of several casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1935 he bought the Meadows Club on Boulder Highway with his brother Dave Stearns and Larry Potter. By 1941, the Stearns brothers also operated the Northern Club in downtown Las Vegas, which Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel invested $18,000 in.

Gragg, Larry D. Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel: The Gangster, the Flamingo, and the Making of Modern Las Vegas. Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2015.

Person

Shane, Michael J.

Michael Jay Shane grew up in Kew Gardens in the Queens borough of New York City, New York. Shane graduated from High School of Performing Arts and later attended Peabody Conservatory of Music before leaving to launch his full-time entertainment career. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1995. He played piano at Wynn's Tower Suite Bar, Bootlegger, and Italian American Club.

Person

Photograph of Dani Rentchler-Ramage's Bat Mitzvah at Temple Beth Sholom, approximately 1985

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File

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Dani Rentchler-Ramage's Bat Mitzvah at Temple Beth Sholom at 17th and Oakey.

From left to right: Gertrude Rightman-Rudiak, Geri Rudiak-Rentchler, Dani Rentchler-Ramage, John Rentchler, George Rudiak and (Rabbi Lederman?)

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00790
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: N/A

Archival Component

"Who in the World is Roberta Kane" presentation, 2017

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File

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00790
Collection Name: Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project Community Collection
Box/Folder: Digital File 00

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Photograph of Valerie Wiener, circa 1952

Date

1951 to 1953

Description

Valerie Wiener, age 4, poses for her first portrait.

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Photograph of Louis Wiener, Jr., 1984

Date

1984

Description

Louis Wiener, Jr. shares a Las Vegas story during a Congressman Harry Reid re-election event in 1984. The pin on his shirt reads: "Congressman Harry Reid, Independent like Nevada."

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